“It was only as part of the civilizing process that storytelling developed within the aristocratic and bourgeois homes, in the seventeenth and… — Jack Zipes Copy Share Image
“The proclamation had been very clear: All eligible maidens were to attend. All. High or low estate, fat or thin, short or… — Auston Habershaw Copy Share Image
I loved reading Grimm's fairy tales and Hans Christian Andersen, and I loved to dream about other worlds and other lives. Maybe… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
“Some women have kissed—and some are kissing—a lot of frogs, even though the very first man that they have each kissed was… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“As I thought about endings and – being a lover of fairy tales – I knew immediately that the deeply rooted last… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
In mythos and fairy tales, deities and other great spirits test the hearts of humans by showing up in various forms that… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes Copy Share Image
“Freedom from labor itself is not new; it once belonged among the most firmly established privileges of the few. In this instance,… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
“Great novels are above all great fairy tales . . . literature does not tell the truth but makes it up.” — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
What I personally gravitate toward tends to be fantasy, medium dark - not too dark - fairy tales and sci fi. Stop-motion… — Henry Selick Copy Share Image
“All of the great mythologies and much of the mythic story-telling of the world are from the male point of view. When… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Farewell, farewell," said the swallow, with a heavy heart, as he left the warm countries, to fly back into Denmark. There he… — Hans Christian Andersen Copy Share Image
“Fairy tales were the door to the world of imagination for me as a child, that land I often lived in when… — Regan Walker Copy Share Image
I never grew up reading or fantasizing about fairy tales. I was always too busy, like, outside being a kid. — Armie Hammer Copy Share Image
“Am I really standing here, conversing with a bloody unicorn?" Tiffy was certain her mind had finally left the building.” — T.J. Loveless Copy Share Image
Among all the fairy tales I choose Shrek, because that's where I learned that even imperfect people can have happy endings. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Folk-lore means that the soul is sane, but that the universe is wild and full of marvels. Realism means that the world… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“LISTEN, don’t believe in fairy tales! After that happy-ever-after wedding, they never tell you the rest of the story. Even if you… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
When I wrote the eight fairy tales that appear in 'Horse, Flower, Bird' I was working toward a completely new form of… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
“The saddest thing of growing up is people no longer believe in fairy tales.” — Cao Đức Trọng Copy Share Image
“But she never could keep it straight. All the letters, the acronyms, the codes, the colors, changing like musical chairs, every week,… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“Even when they were very small Eliza had known that Sammy needed her more than she needed him, even before he caught… — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
“Truly, there is magic in fairy tales. For it takes but a simply-uttered 'Once upon a time...' to allure and spellbind an… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I become ocean, mercury, silver shimmers, fairy tales, fascinated.” — Helene Cardona Copy Share Image
The problem with fairy tales is that they set a girl up for disappointment. In real life, the Prince goes off with… — Aashi Copy Share Image
